Table 2. Quality assessment of selected studies.
Author (year) | Inclusion criteria clearly described | Controlgroup | Standardization of AT-II administration | Standardization of T/N ratio measurement | Blinding for outcome measurement |
Sasaki et al. [25] | N | N | Y | Y | N |
(1985) | |||||
Goldberg et al. 1 [33] | N | N | Y | Y | N |
(1991) | |||||
Goldberg et al. 2 [34] | N | N | Y | Y | N |
(1991) | |||||
Burke et al. [19] | Y | N | Y | Y | N |
(2001) | |||||
Ishikawa et al. [36] | N | N | Y | Y | N |
(2007) |
Abbreviations: Y = Yes, N = No.